edna Posted September 27, 2004 Report Posted September 27, 2004 That sounds like the "Hooked on Classics" records, you must remember, it was during the 70-80s...
Charlie Clown Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Lady Lynda by The Beach Boys has a borrowed intro. About half of Emerson Lake & Palmer's output was borrowed from the classical canon (for example their biggest hit, Fanfare For The Common Man, was a classical piece, and there's the Pictures At An Exhibition album based on the Moussorgsky piece of the same name). Yes have a lot of classical references as well and always open their live shows with a classical piece - Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is a regular favourite.
edna Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 The Shirelles took Beethoven´s Moonlight Sonata for their song "Past, present and future" (Or was it the Shangrillas? Help me!)
Aunt_Acid Posted October 2, 2004 Report Posted October 2, 2004 Pictures At An Exhibition We played that in symphonic band last year! The Hut pwns. I could picture ELP doing that one too.
Ler Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 Both Elvis Costello ("Accidents Will Happen") and Blues Traveler ("Hook") use the infamous "Canon in D Major" chord progression written by Johann Pachelbel. A comedy artist named Rob Paravonian has a song titled "Pachelbel" on his American Cheese album in which he compares many "modern" tunes with Pachelbel's Canon.
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